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MACVEAGH LIKELY 10 QUIT CABINET Reports Are That Quarrel With Andrew Will Cause His i Retirement. Washington. D. C. J'.ily 7.?Reports In the Treasury Department bay that. Secretary of tho Troaaury MacVeagh would rju't the Cabinet in November as the result of tho row with As ?slstant Secretary Andrew. This row resulted la Dr. Andrew resigning upjn request of the President.' The reports started since the secretary made hut denial on Friday. It Is generally believed that the re? luctance of the President to have a i ablhet spilt on the eve of a presi? dential campaign will force him to adhere to his asserted position not to report the case nt all. either at tho request of some of his political friends nt the Capitol, who are stanch trends of Dr. Andrew, or of his Cabinet. Sorno of tho.??- fi lends?Senators Dodge and Crane, of Massachusetts, and Senator Root, of New York?are not willing to let the matter drop. These Senators desire nothing moro than to get the scalp of the Secre? tary of the Treasury, who. they .say, la a disturbing element in the Cabinet administration. H will be recalled thut Senator Crane was one of tho closer advisers of the President wno advised tho President to ' tire" Post master-General Hitchcock and whose determination "to got Hitchcock" led to tho break between th.- President and his Postmaster-General, While the President will do his ut? most to close down the controversy between Secretary MacVeagh and A. l'lati Andrew. !t Is expected that he will demand Of the bureau and di? vision chiefs who were mentioned by I >r. Andrew In his caustic letter to Secretary MacVeagh that they either resign or declare allegiance to Secre? tary MacVeagh. Some, of tho Presi? dent's friends fear that if he takes this step he will reopen the whole fuss. According to reports, the P.-efl deht dots not thir.k so. None of the officials mentlonrd 'n Dr. Andrew's letter would discuss the matter. All am here w'th tho ex Oeption of Comptroller of tho Cur? rency Murray. REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT HIMSELF Unique Character in Lynchburg Hospital Will Not Reveal Identity. Dynchburg Vo_. duly 7.?The author? ities of the C'ly Hospital here are now dealing with one of the most pitiful i-r.d yet unique characters that has been "known In Dynrhburg for a long time Several months ago a tint armed white tramp fell from a Nor? folk and Western train twenty-five, ?miles cast of l.ynchburg. and he was brought here for treatment at St. An? drew's Hospital. The surgeons found It necessary to amputate the remaining :.rrn und a leg. leaving the mar. only or,, of his four limbs. From the time the man was admit? ted tq st Andrew's and to the fine he Was taken to the City Hospital as a Ward of the city, he has Steadily :c d to divulge his name or give the > Ighteat int'niatlon as to his past The nurses have named the cripple "William Parker.' ar.d they have in? terested themselves now In securing artificial l?gs for him. The man Eeems to appreciate the care given him. but nothing can Induce him to talk about 1 .-r.seif or his people. COUNCIL CAUCUS I ON CARD 10? Twenty Members of Lower Branch Will Pick Officers and Make Rules. A caucus of members elected to tho Common Council, who take office on September 1 next, will be held In the Council chamber to-rilght for the pur? pose of effecting a. working organiza? tion. The call sp?,-ifUs as the business of the caucus tho nomination of pres? ident, vice-president und the appoint? ment of a committee on rules. Presi? dent Peters will succeed himself with? out opposition. Since Vlco-Presldent II.' R. Pollard. Jr.. retires from the Council at the end of this term, the position of vice-president Is open, and the onln name ns yet suggested Is that c* Cap? tain Morgan R. Mills, now chairman of the Committee on Water. The Incoming Council will be com? posed 'if twenty members?Just one half the size of the present body. The only two members now to the City Council will be James J. Pollard. In Lee Ward, and J. IS. Welsh, In Jefferson. The new Council will be computed uf the following members: Clay Ward?Messrs. .Seaton. Umlauf, Ifubtr. Puters and Ha-Jdon. Lee Ward?Messrs Pollard. Vondcr lehr. Kutler. Powell and Ratcllffc. Madison Ward?Mebsrs. Pollo.k. Ful- j ler, Jones. Moore and Atkinson. ' Jefferson Ward?Messrs. Mills. F-o gcrs, Welsh. Lurnsien and Sullivan. i Since the size of the body has been reduced It Is anticipated thut the com? mittee or. rules to be named to-nigh: Will prepare a working plan for reduc? ing the size of the various committees and possibly for consolidating a num? ber of the minor committees, placing the duties of the Committees on Cem? eteries, Sti John's Burying Ground und Markets all under the Committee on Grounds und Buildings ronsojidatipg the Committees on Light anl Kleetrlc ity. and placing the work of river Im? provement under the Committee on Streets. The new Committee on Streets, if made up by wards, will conFlst of one Councilman ar.d one Alderman from each of the four new wards, mak? ing a committee of eight Instead of sixteen, as at present. The other com? mittees wjll probably be reduced to Seven, to be made up of four Council men and three Aldermen, instead of committees of twelve, as at present. The rules to be adopted will be tem? porary in their nature, merely for the - onduet of the city's business from September 1 to January 1. when the f.rst Administrative Roard takes charge. After that the committees having con? trol of departments will cease to exist, and a new set of rules governing the work of the Council under the new plan of government will no doubt bo pre? pared, to take effect from January 1 tied Men I'.lrct Officer*. [Special to The. Times-Pis patch.1 I.ynchhurg. Va., July 7.?Mln'eola ?Ibe of fled Men. of l.ynehburg. has ected the following officers for the isulng six months: Sachem. C H. Thomas Senior Sagamore. W. P. Preston. Junior Sagamore. J. G- Deacon. Chlel of Records. C. A. Peters. Keeper of Wampum. W. T. Wr'ght. FUTURE NOMINATIONS THROUGH PRIMARIES PAGE AT A GLANCE HIS READING RECORD Eye l?l?c!in?, I niiMi-B Man to Co TUroiiuh llr*ir Sellers In nn lluur. Says Doi-tor. Chicago. July 7 ?Dr. O M. Gould of Ithaca. N. V , has a friend who has smashed all speed records In reading. The physician tells about it In the current number of the Journal of the Ami rlcan Medical Association. By reason of an opthalmic aliment, according to Dr. tiold. th.- man. nam not fr:ven. can read a page of a book ' at a glance with no more effort than others take foi a single line. A half dozen "best sellu.-s" last him about an hour. Just a few glances at tue pag< t of an ordinary newspaper and it Is absorbed. Of course, where he Ik deeply interested he must pause to give the terrtllc rush of ideas time to diffuse. A I'ttlo thing like a bundle of magazines, where there Is no call for mental stimulus, lasts him about half an hour. How- to graft dead eyes In the living' is among the medical and .surgical won? ders told. Dr .v. Magi tot of Paris, France, who discovered and perfected the transplanting of segments of the ? human eye. discusses his latest d.s .over-.? that of preserving the corneas of dead persons or of sttll born child* reu for an almost Indefinite time bu | fore transplanting them. After discussing various experiments 'on rabbits and frogs, by which trans ; plantation was perfected, Dr. Magitot j explains that the surgical marvel can only be performed on similar species In which hlologic conditions are the same. MAN KILLED; BOO? PLACED ON TRACK Sensational Developments Ex? pected in Inquest Over Re? mains of Pressley. Ashevllle. J*. C. July 7.?Sensational developments are expected to-morrow afternoon at the 'nquest which s to b.- held to inquire into the death of ? 'laude Pressley, who was found in a > 'lying condition on th? tracks of the Southern Railway last Friday morn? ing, and died while being brougnt to ; this city for medical attention. County officials, who have been ( working quietly on the case, profess to have discovered evidence ter.d'ng to prove that Pressley was not struck by a train, as was at first supposed, but was murdered with a hatchet by n I man with whom he had an altercation 1 over a jug of whiskey Friday morn? ing. The body, they say, was con? veyed in a buggy to a point neat where it was found, and then , placed on the track. Prcsaiey's brad war. gashed in two places, his skull was fractured in three places, and he has a small gash I on his arm. The officials po'nt out ? that had he been struck by a tra'n I the body would have been crushed, or ?f the train had onl- struck his head, it would have been mashed out of all shape. They claim to have the mm who did the killing under close sur? veillance, and an arrest may follow the inquest. Feel Equal to Any Task When digestion is good; nerves are steady, and brain works clear. Give yourself a fair show to earn and achieve. If coffee and tea are found to interfere, stop and use POSTUM It aids digestion; steadies the nerves; and clears the brain. Read letter to rieht. SOAKED IN COFFEE Until Too Stiff to Bend Over. "When I drank coffee I often had sick headaches, nervousness and biliousness much of the time: but about two years ago I went to visit a friend and got in the habit r,f drinking Postum. "1 have never touched coffee since, and the result has been that I am now en? tirely well of all my stomach and nervous trouble. (Tea contains caffeine, the same drui; found in coffee.) "My mother was just the same way. We all drink Postum now, and have not had any coffee in the house for two years, and we all arc well. "A neighbor of mine, a great coffee drinker, was troubled witli pains in her side for years, and was an invalid. She was not able to do her work, and could not even mend clothes or do anything at all where she would .have to bend forward. If she tried to do a little hard work she would get such pain- that she would have to lie down for the rest of the day. "1 persuaded her at ia-t to stop drink? ing coffee and try Postum, and she did so, and she has used Postum ever since; the result has been that she can do her work, can sit for a whole day and mend and can sew on the machine, and she never feels the least bit of pain in her side. In fact, she has got well, and it shows coffee was the cause of the whole trouble. "I could also tell you about several other neighbors who have been benefited by quitting coffee and using Postum in its piace." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in pkgs. for the famous little book, " The Road to Wellville." For Quick, Convenient Serving, Try INSTANT POSTUM 0ST?M Re?ular Postum ? 15c size makes 25 cups; 25c size makes 50 cups. This is RKGl'LAR Postum in concentrated form- noth? ing added. .Made in the cup?no boiling ?ready to serve INSTANTLY. Postum ? made right ? is NOW served at most Hotels, Restaurants, Lunch Rooms, Soda Fountains, etc. Instant Postum is put up in air-tight tins and Sold by Grocers Instant Postum?30c tin makes 45 to 50 cups; 50c tin makes 90 to 100 cups. "There's a Reason" for Postum Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle Creek, Michigan. sing of Conventions Such as That Held in Baltimore Predicted. ALDERMAN PRAISES WILSON Iiis Victory Marks Return to Constructive Things, Declares Smith. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Charlottesvllle, Va., July 7?"Wood.; row Wilson's nomination marks a new era in the educational an,i cultural as well as the political developraelii of tho country." said President Edwin A. Al? derman, of tho University ot Virginia, In an address before the summer school of that Institution. "The Democratic party neods its best man to lead at . this time; it neods a man who knows things before he does them, rather than acting first -ind thinking after? wards; a man who would fight for an Idea with Iron In his blood. That sort of man has been chosen?a man of cul- , ture. of tine breeding, lofty training; a new man, to be sure; an untried' man, to b'- sure, but a man who has duno no cheap bickering In the past and Who has a clean record behind him. "I predict that In another eight years thero will be no more national conventions of the cha.-ucttr I have just witnessed, Sjuch scenes will have become a thing of the past and written of as one of the pucuiiar features of the present-day method of politics. The nomination will come through presidential primaries, paid for out of the government treasury, and the con- ; vention that names the nominee will' be av solemn as a college of cardinals ?letting a Pope. "Bryan was a curious figure at tho '.onv<ntlon. To me he was not always a heroic one, but there is no gainsaying that his personality dominated the con- i vention and dictated the course event- j ually taken by too convention, which view is shared in, I notice, by Mr. I ? 'lark. "When I saw those painted lltho graphs of Wilson and Underwood tosred'; about In tho stormy demonstrations . that followed the. placing of their names before tho convention, 1 thought, they were t?'o of the choicest offerings ? of chat whole 1.00ft delegates?two young Southerners, both sons of the University of Virginia.'" iletum to Constructive Things, That the nomination of Woodrow J Wilson represents the effort by the | people again to select such types of I men as .lefferson and Madison Is the opinion of Dr. Charles Alphonso Smith. : Edgar Allan Poe professor of English! In the University of Virginia. Mora than this. Dr. Smith said it represents J the fact that the people are coming to appreciate that modern education and Its foremost champion are not theo? retical merely, but practical and effi? cient. He said It was Imperative that I the adherents of Wilson Bee to it that he Is not misrepresented. "The nomination of Woodrow Wilson means a realization on the part of the people of the fact that the scholar in politics lias come to s.lay. The time, was." ite snid. "when the people looked upon scholarship as Impractical and upon the scholar as a mere theorlzer. Now they realize that there Is nothing between scholarship and efficiency. For twenty years the colleges and untversi ties have been turning out practical men. which the public nan been pretty Slow to realize. The obi conception was that a scholar Is a were book man. That is not true. Tho modern scholar is nothing if not practical and effi? cient." Dr. Smith hoped the distinction which had been drawn by people In the past has gone. Ho said it was with keen gratification that the Democratic party was so n.utck to realize that the best type of scholar of to-day is a man of efficiency. He said the old antagonism by tiie people for the educated goes back to the Middle Ages, a time of lights between the gownsmen and townsmen. "We've reached the stage now," said he, "In which the modern school is viewed very differently when It turns out clear-headed and practical men. Woodrow Wilson l.s the finest type in the country of the scholar, not only of the scholar, but of the practical man. and I think the country is about to realize a new era. It marks, I hope, for the Democratic party a return of the Jefferson and Madison type. This marks the return to big constructive* tilings." THE WEATHER. l"oreeii-it: lor Virginia?Pair Mon? day und Tuesday, except probably local nhowers Honda* in ** cm portion. Kor .North Carolina?Local ahoterersl Monday! Tuesday, fnlr in runt, local ' showers in ?f>i portion. Special Local lluln for VcMerduy. i| 12 noon temperature . SS I ?, P. M. temperature . 80 | Maximum temperature up to S I'. M. 01 Minimum temperature up to S P, M. Mean temperature . Normal temperature . Deficiency In temperature . Deficiency in temperature slrico March I . II? I Accum, deficiency in temperature since. January 1 . 51s ] Excess In rainfall since March 1. 2 Accum, excess In rainfall since January 1 . 2 Local observation s I'. M. Yesterday.I Temperature . 82 Humidity . Wind, direction .8. E. Wind, velocity . f. Weather .Clear CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES. (At S P. M. Eastern Standard Time., Place. Ther. II. T. E. T. Weather. Ashevlllc _ 72 so to Clear Atlanta . "; Atlantic City. 70 Boston . 80 Buffalo . 78 Calgary . SO Charleston .. 7S Chicago . 72 Denver . 80 Dululh . ?S Galveston ... 82 llatteras .... 7? Louisville . . . Montgomery. New Orleans New York . , Nortolk . Oklahoma . . . Pittsburgh .. Kalrlgh . ~* St. Eouis_ SO St. Paul . 8? San Francisco I i Savannah ... 76 Spokane . Se Tnmpa . "Washington .. 82 Winnipeg ... 71 Wytliev lie .. 70 80 80 70 78 SS SI 8fi <s ?4 84 ;,s 88 0ft so 71 "74 70 no 78 (1ft Clear Cloudi? ly lea r < "lear Cloudy P. cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear P. cloudy Clear Cloud v Clear Rain Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy P. cloudy Clear Clear P. cloudy ?'loudy Rain Clear Cloudy P cloudy MINIATURE M.iiAMi . July 8. 1912. HIGH TIDE Hnn rises-.... *;r>7 Morning-10;2S ? ? Readers of The Times-Dispatch Suppose You Were a Multi-Millionaire's Wife Have you any idea of what the life would be like? The maids, the mas? seuse, the manicure, the grooms and the butlers! And the social obli? gations! The goings and comings, the gowns and the jewels! It is not ?all that some of us think it is. Gertrude van Auken, whose social status has given her an opportunity of seeing the wives of multi-millionaires at close range, contributes an article next Sunday, "How the Wife of the Multi-millionaire Keeps House." It is especially interesting. And This You Must Not Miss?An Oppenheim Story E. Phillips Oppenheim is a genius. He has that imagination that con? ceives strange stories, and he has the ability to tell his tales so that there is no flagging of interest, no lessening of suspense. "The Ross heimer Tragedy" is a murder mystery. And you will enjoy unraveling this mystery with the famous author as a guide. It is complete in next Sunday's magazine. There Are Other Good Things for Next Sunday 's Pleasure The serial by Mrs. C. N. Williamson is drawing to a dramatic denouement. And in the series of "Women of the Great Outdoors" we have a sketch of Mabel Loomis Todd. Humor Enough to Make You Happy All Day You cannot resist laughing with "Yores for Art, Jimmy the Office Boy." His first dime novel made a tremendous hit, and if you do not laugh at his next story until your gizzard wobbles you might just as well make your will. It is called "Fadeaway Phil, the Boy Pitcher, or a World's Champeen at 14," and there is a smile in every line and a good laugh in every paragraph. There are some funny pictures with it, too. Illustrated Sunday Magazine of The Times-Dispatch "The Best There Is in Sunday Reading" News of Petersburg Times Despatch Bureau. 6 Bolllngbrook t-treet (Telephone. 1S4?), , Petersburg. Vu., July 7. In the Circuit Court ot Rrlncc George county yesterday. Archie Williams, colored, was tried for the felonious shooting of James bJvans. colored at a lawn party given at IHvaiis'a homo on June 9 Some trouble arose be? tween the two men. when Williams shot and severely wounded Evans. 'l b.- Jury rendered a verdict of guilty as charged, and fixed the punishment at one year In the penitentiary. Coun? sel for the accUEi-1 moved the court to set the verdict usido and grant a new trial, which was granted. John Satterfleld, oolored. indicted for assault and robbery, was defended by 11. T. Wilson of this city nnd acquitted. Xegro CutdnK Affair. Shortly brforo 1 1 o'clock last night a fight occurred near the Central Mark? et between Jenie M'llson and George Turnbull, both colored, In which Wilson fdred badly nnd almost seriously. Turnbull slashed him with a knife In? flicting a wound six Inches long, across the right breast. Twenty-nine stitches were required to unite the parts. Joe L>) noh, colored, in trylnct to separate the parties, was slightly cut. Turn bull was arrested Prince Genrjgc School Pair. A meeting of the officers of the school Fa'r Association will be held in this e.'ty the last of th's week to name the time nnd place for holding the fair, anii to consider plans for making the fair a great success The whole county takes an Interest In tho School Fair, and the worked the rh'ldren. I'etembiirtr Hot Scouts. The Petersburg Boy Scouts spent a coupln of dsvs tha past week In oamp on the farm of Mr. . Covtngton 'n Baptist Encampment Ylrulniii lleueb. $3.!S? Round Trip vIh Norfolk ?od \\ entern Railway, On July 7, R, 9. 14 and 15 the Nor? folk and Western Railway will sell round trip tickets from Richmond to Virginia Bench .it rate of SS.50, good for rotnirn passage until July 21. 1912. with proportionately low rates from all stations on its lines In Virginia Trains leaving Richmond at 9.r.r? ,\. M. nnd .1:00 p. M. via Norfolk and West em Railway connect in Union Depot at Norfolk with train to Virginia Roach, thus avoiding transfer of pas? sengers nnd baggage. C II BOSLTiV. Chesterfield, under command of .Scout Marshal John t'iilltam and Assistant? Rev. E. P. Dandrldge. The days wer? pleasantly passed The organization In Petersburg numbers 35 members, III form patrols, the heads of which are: R. n. Gllllam. Jr., WUllc Haves. Charles Walthall and w<ilie Nufen. Hotel Likely to Include It Among Other Improvements Dur? ing Summer Season. Among other extensive Improvements now under way at thu Jefferson Hotel, the management has under advisement the open'ng of a lavishly appointed roof garden, to be located on top of tiie Franklin Street wing. Willie none of the executive officers of the hotel was willing yesterday to admit that tho roof garden plan had been detl nitely : >ptsd. it was stated that the management has it under serious con? sideration, and that Its installation at an early date was on the program. "It may surprise most people to know that the Jefferson had a roof garden seventeen years 'ago", said Cashier Hunter McO. Bigger, last night. "Un? less I am mistaken this hotol was the first one In the South to havo ona. It was located on the roof of tho Frank? lin Street wing and ran into tho natu? ral arbors formed by tho towers. We -van hod vaudoville on tho roof long heforo there was sueh a tiling as a vaudeville theater (n Richmond. Some of the biggest artists In the country played In our nightly performances." Garden la nalcony Form,. The Jefferson roof garden. If pro lecterd plans are carried out, will dif? fer somewhat from the rec.tansular American type and approach more nearly to the balcony garden of a num? ber of hotels in Europe. In Its pre? sent form the roof on the Franklin Street wing of the hotol has a large rectangular central floor space, with alcoves on the same level leading Into the towers at each of the Franklin Street comers. The central section of the garden commands a tine view of the West End residential section, while the alcoves pe.rm.lts sweeping views of most of the olty. T'U FWiKi? tr.'r ? n af fi^-e. i-* ^ Its nrosont form, as was pointed out. yesterday, would lend itself admirably to decoration and embellishment with plants and flowers. The floor space is ample for a number of tables, and th.> whole garden could be arranged with little alteration of the present ground plan. The projected roof garden. It was ex? plained, would be conducted in accord? ance with the high standard ?et by tho hotel In Its other departments. It would aim to attract the highest class of pat? ronage and to this end would Impose certain well-defined restrictions upon all v'sltors. If the garden is Installed, it Is likely that the plan of admission by ticKet as followed by a number of the leading hotels in the North, would be adopted Under this plan there would be no access to the roof directly ^from the street, but visitors would llrst have to be supplied with tickets 1 of admission ;tt tho desk. VIRGINIA SUMM Ell HESORTS and MOUNTAIN HOMES On the line of the NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY. SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS at J greatly reduced rates on sal* until i September So, final limit October 31, 1912, with stop-over privileges at all stations. A descriptive pamphlet, giv? ing n complete list of the resorts and boarding houses along the line, now ' ready for distribution, and will be mailed to any address upon applica? tion. Kull Information cheerfully fur I nlshed at company's office srts East I Main Street, Phono Madison 4S7. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A Virginia Baptist Encampment VIRGINIA BEACH, JULY 9-18. Official Route. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. $3.50 Round Trip $3.50 Three Fast Wstihuled Trains, with par. lor cars. Leave Richmond 0.00 A M., 12.00 noon, 4:00 P. M. Diner on noon train. Tickets on sale July 7, 8. 9, 14 and IS, good until July 21, 1012. Special coaches for attendants. Populnr Route to the Seashore. Double track line. Clean and quick trip. Delightful sail aero*-* Hampton Roads. Corresponding low rates from . .uimi-tUtU?u- i* YuAuy*.